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Property Mechanical & Electrical Technician

West Midlands Railway

Maintenance Head Office - Birmingham, UK FULL TIME

Overview

Join our team as a Property Mechanical & Electrical Technician, ensuring the safety and operational integrity of our stations and facilities through planned and reactive maintenance.
  • Perform planned and reactive maintenance on stations, depots, and office buildings.
  • Maintain and repair specialist depot equipment like wash plants and fuelling systems.
  • Diagnose faults and execute repairs safely and efficiently.
  • Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, company standards, and health & safety.
  • Requires a trade qualification and experience in industrial maintenance.

About the role

We are seeking a Property Mechanical & Electrical Technician to play a vital role in keeping our stations, depot facilities, and operational buildings safe, compliant, and fully operational.

In this hands-on role, you will carry out planned and reactive maintenance, fault finding, and refurbishment activities across a wide range of assets, plant machinery, and equipment, helping to prevent failures and minimise service disruption.

If you are passionate about delivering high standards of maintenance, ensuring equipment availability, and supporting an excellent customer and colleague experience, we would love to hear from you.

This role involves travel across the route between Nuneaton and London Euston. The working hours are Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 3:00 pm, with an additional on-call rota approximately every six weeks, including weekend cover.

Key Responsibilities

  • Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across stations, depots, and office buildings.
  • Maintain and repair specialist depot equipment, including wash plants, CET, and fuelling systems.
  • Diagnose faults and complete repairs safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.
  • Ensure all work complies with statutory requirements, company standards, and health and safety procedures.
  • Accurately record maintenance activities and support colleagues to minimise disruption and maintain service reliability.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • Time-served in electrical or mechanical maintenance with a relevant trade qualification.
  • Experience working in an industrial maintenance environment, with knowledge of maintaining plant equipment such as cranes, MEWPs, FLTs, and pump trucks.
  • Understanding of maintenance regulations and safe working practices, including COSHH, working at height, and manual handling.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to work independently, use initiative, and build positive relationships with customers and colleagues.
  • Basic IT skills, experience using CAFM or similar systems, and a full UK driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points.

Successful candidates will be required to commit to a minimum 14-month period in role after achieving competence. This also includes existing colleagues who move by internal promotions and transfers. This time allows our future colleagues to support personal career development by allowing time to build strong knowledge and expertise.

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Key details

Location
Head Office - Birmingham, UK
Salary
£46,772 – £51,076 / year
Posted
7 August 2026
Type
FULL TIME